[Elecraft] 'Q' signal trivia

[Igor Sokolov]

When I hear something like UA9CDC de UA9AFK I always wonder if it is UA9AFK 
or UA9AF K
I always thought that BK is used when one wants to omit sending both call 
signs in the end of message. I also thought that station sending BK wants to 
tell me that he is using break in and therefore can be interrupted whenever 
is needed.

73, Igor UA9CDC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Gregory" <garyvk4fd at gmail.com>
To: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at arrl.net>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 'Q' signal trivia


> sounds good to me...AR
>
> On 19 July 2011 13:04, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Bert wrote:
>>
>> > I've yet to hear --...  ...--  ... sent - hihi
>>
>> Don't you mean --... ...-- .----. ... ?  :-)
>>
>> My pet peeve is use of that damned "BK".  "KN" doesn't make much sense
>> either...that's actually an open parenthesis.  Both are just ham-only
>> prosigns that would never have been heard on professional military or
>> commercial Morse radiotelegraph circuits.
>>
>> What's wrong with the military standard:  If a response is expected from
>> the other station, send "K" (equivalent to phone "OVER").  If a response
>> is not expected, send "AR" (equivalent to phone "OUT").  That's it in
>> total!
>>
>> There's zero value to that repulsive "BK" that has spread like an ugly
>> malignant Morse teratoma among many hams in the past decade or so.
>>
>> Mike / KK5F
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